The 2026 June Auction - Sale 347 Day 3

1949 (Jun 27) Swatow to Portland, USA registered airmail cover,bearing Swatow (1) postage meter label of Silver Yuan 10 fen x 2 and 40 fen, tied by Swatow cds, transiting Canton on Jun 30, 1949, and arriving Portland on Jul 8, 1949. The franking correctly pays the contemporary foreign registered airmail rate (period of use Apr 29 to Jul 4, 1949). The cover is well preserved, showing complete despatch, transit, and arrival markings, with...

1949 (Aug 24) Tsamkong, Kwangtung to Shanghai printed matter cover,bearing a “Sui (3)” postage meter label of 25 li (i.e. 2½ fen), printed on paper without the “中華郵政” background, tied by Tsamkong cds, and arriving Shanghai on Oct 6, 1949 after a prolonged transit. The franking correctly pays the printed matter rate of 2½ fen effective from Aug 1, 1949. As franking machines could not produce a ½ fen denomination, the amount was made up using “...

1949 (Jul 30) Canton to Hong Kong Airmail Cover,franked with two postage meter labels from different machines, “Sui (III)” and “Sui (IV),” of 3 fen and 11 fen respectively, tied by Canton cds, paying the correct airmail rate of 14 fen for the period from Apr 29 to Jul 31, 1949 . Of particular interest is the combined usage of two different meter machine types on the same cover, representing a scarce example of mixed franking and reflecting...

1949 (Aug 10) Kutsing, Kwangtung to Habana, Cuba Airmail Cover,franked with a “Sui (IV)” postage meter label of 15 fen and four 10 fen Dr. SYS unit stamps, tied by Kutsing cds, paying the correct foreign airmail rate of 55 fen. This cover, addressed to Latin America, represents a highly unusual destination during the Silver Yuan period, reflecting the limited but significant long-distance postal connections from South China to Central and...

1949 (Jul 16) Sining, Tsinghai to New Zealand double-weight registered airmail cover,bearing a total of sixteen stamps, tied by Sining cds. The franking includes ten Gold Yuan stamps with a total face value of 5,000,000, converted at the contemporary rate to 64 fen in Silver Yuan currency, together with six Revenue Surcharged Silver Yuan stamps totaling 51 fen, making an overall postage of 115 fen. This correctly pays the foreign double-...

1949 (May 25) Pingyueh, Kweichow to Chungking registered cover, bearing a total of thirteen stamps.On obverse is a single unit stamp paying the registration fee 12 fen, while on reverse are twelve Gold Yuan stamps totaling $600,000, which at the prevailing conversion rate of $150,000 fen to 1 Silver Yuan equals 4 fen, making a total postage of 16 fen. The franking correctly pays the domestic registered rate, comprising the basic letter rate...

1949 (Sep 4) Shihwantan, West Szechwan to Chungking registered cover,bearing a total of ten stamps, comprising six Silver Yuan unit stamps totaling 12 fen and four Gold Yuan stamps totaling $2,000,000. At the prevailing conversion rate of $250,000 to 1 Silver Yuan fen, the Gold Yuan franking equals 8 fen, making a total postage of 20 fen, correctly paying the domestic registered rate (rate period Aug 1 to Dec 8, 1949). Tied by Shihwantan cds...

1949 (Aug 13) Tzelutsing, West Szechwan to Lanchow airmail cover,bearing four 4 fen revenue surcharged stamps overprinted in red with the local post office name “Tzelutsing,” totaling 16 fen, tied by Tzelutsing cds. The cover was routed via Chungking (Aug 16, 1949 transit) and arrived at Lanchow on Sep 11, 1949. The franking correctly pays the domestic airmail rate of 15 fen for the period Aug 1 to Dec 5, 1949, with a slight overpayment of 1...

1949 (Jun 29) Tuhshan, Kweichow to Chungking value-declared double registered express cover,bearing seven stamps, tied by Tuhshan cds and arriving Chungking on Jul 7, 1949. On reverse are five Express Registered Unit stamps (16 fen each) and two Registered Unit stamps (12 fen each), making a total franking of Silver Yuan 104 fen. The postage is correctly composed of the domestic letter rate 4 fen, express fee 4 fen, double registration fee 24...

1949 (Jun 1) Kunming to Chungking airmail double registered value-declared cover,bearing seven Yunnan “half value” Silver Yuan stamps, tied by Kunming cds and arriving Chungking on Jun 3, 1949. The obverse shows a Supreme Court receipt chop indicating prepayment of Gold Yuan 4,000,000 with a value declaration fee of $1.92. The postage is composed of two parts: 34 fen for the domestic airmail double registration rate (applicable Apr 29 to Jul...

1949 (Apr 29) Shanghai to Hankow airmail cover, bearing on reverse a total of fifteen Gold Yuan stamps with a combined face value of $1,500,including one Shanghai Union Press Gold Yuan Surcharge on Chung Ming print revenue stamp, $100 on $50 blue, type A (Chan G94a), tied by Shanghai c.d.s. of despatch. The franking originally conformed to the domestic surface Gold Yuan rate of April 26; however, on April 29 the Shanghai Post Office began...

1949 (Aug 1) Kintsing, Fukien to Foochow domestic cover,franked with two stamps comprising a 4 fen Dr. SYS basic stamp and a Shanghai Dah Tung 3rd print Dr. SYS $2,000,000 overprinted “2 fen” basic stamp, the latter diagonally bisected and used as 1 fen, making up the correct 5 fen postage, tied by Kintsing cds and arriving Foochow on Aug 9, 1949. The 5 fen rate conforms to the domestic letter rate effective from Aug 1, 1949 (revised from 4...